ZZAN Wigram is the Wigram branch of ZZAN Fried Chicken, a New Zealand chicken shop that keeps its focus squarely on one thing: fried chicken. You'll find it at 55 The Runway in Christchurch's 8042 postcode, one of three ZZAN stores nationwide alongside Christchurch Central City (62 Manchester Street) and Mount Victoria, Wellington (14 Kent Terrace).
The menu is published in two parts — food and drinks — with fried chicken as the anchor and a drinks list built to go alongside it. Both menus can be browsed on the ZZAN website, ordering ahead is easy through the online Order Now page, tables can be booked online, and the store is reachable directly on 03 341 3300.
Whether you're booking in for a catch-up, ordering ahead for an easy dinner, or calling ahead with a question, ZZAN Wigram keeps things simple: good fried chicken, a drink to go with it, and an easy visit from start to finish.
Some restaurants treat fried chicken as one dish among many. ZZAN Fried Chicken puts it in the name. The Wigram store, at 55 The Runway in Christchurch's southwest, is part of a small New Zealand family of ZZAN stores: the Central City shop at 62 Manchester Street, this Wigram location serving the 8042 postcode, and a Mount Victoria store at 14 Kent Terrace in Wellington. Three doors, one clear idea — fried chicken, with a drinks menu to match.
ZZAN doesn't try to be everything to everyone, and that focus is the appeal. The brand's website leads with its menu, its ordering page and its booking tool, which tells you most of what you need to know: this is a place built around the food rather than the frills. You come for the chicken, you add a drink, and you settle in — or you order ahead and take it home.
The Wigram branch shares the same approach as its siblings. There is no separate Wigram menu to hunt down; the food and drinks menus published on the ZZAN website cover the brand's offering, and the Wigram team can talk you through anything on them. If you have questions before you visit, the store takes calls directly on 03 341 3300.
The ZZAN menu is published in two parts — a food menu and a drinks menu — both available from the website's menu page. Fried chicken is the anchor of the food side, the dish the whole brand is named after. The drinks menu exists for exactly one reason: to go with it. Whether you're planning a casual dinner, catching up with friends or feeding a full table, the format is simple enough that everyone can find their thing.
Because the full menus are available online, you can browse at home, work out what you want, and arrive ready to order — handy if you're short on time or ordering for a group.
ZZAN makes the practical side easy. The Order Now page on the website lets you order online, and the Book a Table tool means you can lock in a table before you arrive — a sensible move when you're coming with a group. Prefer to talk to a person? The Wigram store answers on 03 341 3300.
The address — 55 The Runway, Wigram, Christchurch 8042 — is easy to find and easy to remember; the street name alone tends to stick. For people living or working in Wigram and the surrounding southwestern suburbs, it puts a dedicated chicken shop within easy reach, without the trip into the central city.
ZZAN is not an anonymous franchise giant. It runs a handful of stores — two in Christchurch, one in Wellington — and keeps its offering consistent across them. That matters for regulars: if you fall for the chicken at Wigram, you know the Central City store carries the same menu when you're in town, and Wellington's Mount Victoria branch has you covered further afield.
What should you expect from a visit? A menu that revolves around fried chicken, a drinks list built to accompany it, and the flexibility to dine in with a booking, order ahead online, or walk in and order. It's a straightforward, food-first setup that suits everything from a quick weeknight dinner to a weekend catch-up.
If you're in Christchurch and you know what you want — good fried chicken, without the fuss — ZZAN Wigram is exactly where the name says to go: 55 The Runway. Check the menus online, book a table if you're coming with company, or call 03 341 3300 and ask away.